SCORE BOARD

The 18-year drought is over – the Nipawin Hawks are regular-season
champions in the SJHL. The Hawks topped the standings on the Prairies for
the first time since 1999-2000 thanks to a strong … well, everything.
Nipawin led the SJHL in goals against (131), power play (23.4%) and penalty
killing (85.9%), and was No. 2 in goals scored (232). The Hawks were also
the only team to post a double-digit win streak, running off 10-consecutive
Ws from Dec. 5-Jan. 6. Josh McDougall was the offensive catalyst, racking
up 57 assists (third-most in the SJHL) and taking fifth in league scoring,
while Jake Anthony and Declan Hobbs shared the workload between the pipes,
finishing one-two in goals-against average.